Trance states: a theoretical model and cross-cultural analysis

There will be a relationship between illness and trance states, particularly possession

"possession more prevalent when practitioners were motivated to seek the status because of or in order to cure illness (194)"

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Correlation	Supported	p < 0.04	tau= .21	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Trance Type	Dependent	Shamans And Psychotherapists, Revelation And Divination
Illness	Independent	Sickness, Shamans And Psychotherapists

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Winkelman, Michael James	1986	The variables related to temporal lobe discharges are predictors of trance type	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Shaara, Lila	1992	Patients’ use of ASCs as treatment for illness will be more likely in societies with possession trance (149, 153).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Winkelman, Michael James	1986	There will be a relationship between amnesia and trance state, particularly possession	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Winkelman, Michael James	1986	There will be a relationship between the presence of tremors/convulsions and trance states, particularly possession	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Winkelman, Michael James	1986	There will be a relationship between spontaneous onset of conditions and trance states, particularly possession	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author